connétable
French
noun
Definitions
- (historical) Constable (of France); supreme commander of the French armies.
Etymology
Inherited from Old French conestable (constable).
Origin
Old French
conestable
Gloss
constable
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- constable English
- comes Latin
- comes stabulī Latin
- stabulī, comes stabulum Latin
- connétable Dutch, Flemish
- konstapel Swedish
- constable Middle English
- conestable Old French
- connêtabl'ye Norman
- counnétablle Norman